"Known as the ""Blue Beat Girl"" for her riveting performance on the 1960s R&B/reggae album My Boy Lollipop, Jamaican sensation Millie Small literally came out of the blue to wow the world with her high-pitched screeching vocals and ska performances, placing ""My Boy Lollipop"" at the top of the black and pop charts as well as in the hearts of Americans everywhere.Small was born in the mid-1940s to a sugar plantation overseer in Clarendon, Jamaica. Growing up enamored with music, the young vocalist found a knack for ska music, one of the very first in Jamaica. During her teen years, Small recorded songs for prolific reggae producer Clement ""Coxsone"" Dodd's Studio One label with Roy Panton as the duo Roy & Millie, ultimately recording the hit single ""We'll Meet."" This single led Island Records founder Chris Blackwell to Small's island, and the record exec persuaded her to migrate to London in 1963 to record bluebeat music. The single ""My Boy Lollipop"" was recorded during this time in London alongside various sessions musicians, and the sugar-coated track was an instant success because of its originality and little girl feel. One of the first and very few international ska hits to date, ""My Boy Lollipop"" landed as a number one song in the U.K., hitting number two in the U.S.After ""My Boy Lollipop,"" Small's musical career seemed at a sort of standstill. Overshadowed by her enormous hit song, Small finally broke out with her second hit single, the song ""Sweet William"" that sounded strikingly similar to ""My Boy Lollipop."" Continuing to push out singles and albums, nonetheless, Small released several covers of Fats Domino songs like ""I'm in Love Again"" before fading from the music scene."